Pope John Paul II

Pope John Paul II

In this file photo taken on September 11, 2002, then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany, left, now Pope Benedict XVI, looks on as late Pope John Paul II celebrates Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. Benedict announced February 11, 2013 that he will resign on February 28, 2013.

Pier Paolo Cito
/ AP Photo

This file picture taken on October 21, 2003 at St Peter's Square in the Vatican shows Cardinal Peter Turkson, right, of Ghana, receiving his red hat from Pope John Paul II. Cardinal Turkson is one of the cardinals likely to succeed to Pope Benedict XVI.Vincenzo Pinto
/ AFP

Pope John Paul II blesses pilgrims from the window of the Gemelli hospital in Rome on 6 February, 2005.AFP
/ Getty

A woman touches a portrait of Pope John Paul II following a Mass for the Pope at the Iglesia de la Placita at Nuestra Senora Reina de Los Angeles, or Our Lady Queen of Angeles Church, April 2, 2005 in Los Angeles, California.David McNew
/ Getty

German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger blesses the coffin of Pope John Paul II during his funeral mass in St Peter's Square at the Vatican City 8 April, 2005.Patrick Hertzog
/ AFP/Getty

Cardinal Stanislav Dziwisz, Archbishop of Krakow and former personal secretary of Pope John Paul II, prays in front of the Tomb of new blessed John Paul II at the St. Peter's Basilica on May 3, 2011 in Vatican City, Vatican.L'Osservatore Romano
/ Vatican Pool

Polish sculptor, Czeslaw Dzwigaj gives a final touch to his last monument showing Pope John Paul II in a workshop in the outskirts of Krakow on March 14, 2011JANEK SKARZYNSKI
/ AFP/Getty

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